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The Savvy Scot

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Viewing posts tagged with: buy

Cutting the cost of car ownership

By Pauline

Cars are among the most useful things you can own, but they also account for some of the biggest expenses a household will face. There are, however, a number of steps you can take to cut the cost of car ownership significantly. Obviously, these will not completely eliminate expense, but they will often make it… Read more

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: buy, car, credit, debt, Insurance, loan, maintenance, Money, purchase, running costs

How accurate are grey markets?

By Pauline

By Patrick Foot, financial markets writer for IG As 2014 – which many are dubbing the ‘year of the IPO’ – rolls on, more and more technical terminology surrounding major market floats is appearing in news articles, blogs and reports. One such term is ‘grey market’, which many outlets tend to use to produce a… Read more

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: buy, grey market, ig, invest, ipo, market, markets, predict, pricing, shares, stock, trade

How does the Help to Buy scheme work?

By Pauline

Have you ever heard about the help to buy scheme? It is a government backed project that helps people buy a home. It divides in two categories, the equity loan and the mortgage guarantee. The folks at Barratt Homes have put together a nice infographic to help you understand everything better. Basically, you can get… Read more

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: buy, scheme

London rents are so high it is cheaper to commute from… Barcelona

By Pauline

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I read an article recently in the Daily Mail that covered the story of a young professional who ran the numbers and concluded it was cheaper for him to live in sunny Barcelona and take a FLIGHT to work four days a week than it was to rent a one bed flat in London!  … Read more

Filed Under: Personal Finance Tagged With: buy, council tax, job, london, oyster, real estate, rent, tfl, tube, UK, Young professional

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